Speaker Series Category Archives

The CSU department of English Creative Writing Reading Series (CWRS) brings major literary voices to share their work with students and community members through free and public readings. In addition to giving a reading of their work, visiting writers take […]

On April 7th, Dr. Elyse Eidman-Aadahl was the featured speaker at the most recent session of the CSU Writing Project Speaker Series on the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life. The National Writing Project Executive Director gave a talk titled “Education for […]

On March 31st, Bud Hunt was the featured speaker at the most recent session of the CSU Writing Project Speaker Series on the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life. On his blog, Hunt said, “Earlier this week, I had the honor […]

English Department Communications Intern Marina Miller recently attended the second session of the CSU Writing Project Speaker Series on the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life and has this to share: This session featured Dr. Ben Kirshner, Director of Community Based […]

English Department Communications Intern Marina Miller recently attended the first session of the CSU Writing Project Speaker Series on the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life and has this to share: Attending the first of several events in the CSU Writing […]

Authors and scholars have been announced for two series, hosted by the English department. The Creative Writing Reading Series and the CSU Writing Project Speaker Series on the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life promise a variety of engaging events for […]

Linda Christensen was the sixth and final presenter in the department’s speaker series, “Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life.” Christensen is an Instructor and Director of the Oregon Writing Project at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education, and a […]

Patrick Camangian was the fourth presenter in the department’s speaker series, “the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life.” His bio on the University of San Francisco website says, “Camangian is an assistant professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University […]

Marcelle Haddix from Syracuse University was the third presenter in the department’s speaker series, “the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life.” Haddix’s presentation was titled “Are You Still Helping That Community?”: Toward a Publicly Engaged Teacher Education and a Focus on […]

The second presentation as part of the CSU Department of English speaker series, “the Literacies of Contemporary Civic Life,” was given by Mark Gomez, Patricia Hanson, and Katie Rainge-Briggs. They co-founded the Schools for Community Action in South Central Los […]